Re: [cobalt-users] Secondary DNS

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cobalt wrote:

> Anyway, back to my question.  When I add a virtual site to my server,
> www.virtualsite.com on 100.100.100.100 (same IP as primary DNS server).  Do
> I need to "add secondary name service for domain"?

If you're using the same RaQ for both primary and secondary DNS, then
you'll be reading the primary files at both IP#s.  Nope.  You should NOT
add secondary name service for the domain.

The only time you'd do that is if you get someone to swap secondarying
with you (see your first paragraph).

> Or is this done
> automatically when adding the (A) record with reverse lookup?

It's got nothing to do with reverse lookup.  Adding the A record for
your domain will make it visible from both your primary and (pseudo)
secondary server.

> When I try to
> add it, virtualsite.com and IP for primary, 100.100.100.100, it says that it
> is already setup.

Because it is.

> But when I look at the DNS records, I don't see the
> record for secondary name service.

Because it reads the primary.  No matter how many IP#s you use for
nameservers, you're still running only one nameserver on your RaQ.

Jeff
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